the student at Lehigh who poisoned his roommate... a 2nd case emerges
COLLEGE POISONING SUSPECT TRIES TO FLEE U.S. AS POSSIBLE 2ND CASE EMERGES
A former Lehigh University student charged with poisoning his roommate posted $200,000 cash bail and hoped to be deported to China to avoid prosecution, a prosecutor said Thursday. Yukai Yang, 23, was back in local custody after authorities learned of the plan and had him returned from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody to the Northampton County Jail in Pennsylvania.
Prosecutors are now asking a judge to keep Yang locked up without bail, calling him a “legitimate flight risk.”
They are meanwhile investigating whether a second student was also poisoned with the chemical thallium.
That is in the early stages of investigation. It came to light essentially after the publication of these charges,” District Attorney John Morganelli said.
“Mr. Yang thought that because he is a foreign national, now here illegally in that his student visa has been revoked, that he could post bail, waive his right to a deportation hearing and abscond,” Morganelli said in a statement. “That will not happen.”
He believed that Yang’s mother posted the cash bail this past week. Court papers identify the person as Hua Shi. Yang’s lawyer did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday.
https://wdef.com/2018/12/28/college-poisoning-suspect-tries-to-flee-u-s-as-possible-2nd-case-emerges/
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